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Monster Machines: This Mobile Dialysis Machine Will Clean Your Blood On The Go
The days of hemodialysis patients spending hours upon hours sitting in a hospital lounge while waiting for their blood to be cleaned could soon be a thing of the past — assuming, of course, that the world’s first wearable artificial kidney passes FDA muster later this year.
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Giz Explains: How Antiperspirant Works (And Who It Might Hurt)
You only need to walk down your supermarket’s personal care aisle to understand how big of a business the selling of deodorant and antiperspirant has become. But do you know what’s actually in the stuff you roll on (hopefully) every morning?
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The World’s Biggest Cargo Ship Carrying Over 17,000 Crates, NBD
Maersk’s Triple-E line of supersized cargo ships are already among the largest sea-faring vessels to ever set sail. Now the Danish shipping group can add another feather to its cap with the successful transport of more than 17,600 TEU containers. No other ship has ever carried that much on a single trip.
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Monster Machines: This Electron Gun Turns Titanium Powder Into Turbine Blades For Planes
Titanium aluminide is a 3D-printable metal compound that holds great promise for lighter, stronger aircraft turbines but is notoriously difficult to work. That is, it was notoriously difficult to work with, until additive manufacturing firm Avio developed this metal-melting 3 kW electron gun.